Rici Healthcare Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ending June 30, 2017. For the six months, the company expects to record a significant increase in unaudited consolidated loss attributable to owners as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2016. Such significant increase in loss for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was primarily attributed to the following factors: The company typically incur a net loss in the first half of the calendar year for medical examination business as corporate customers usually arrange medical examination for their employees in the second half of the year while operating costs are more evenly distributed throughout the year with a significant proportion of such costs and expenses being fixed, and the company incurred more pre-opening expenses (such as rental expenses and staff costs) for implementing expedited expansion plan to establish new medical examination centers and specialty hospitals in the first half of 2017. As of the date of this announcement, (i) the company has three premium specialty hospitals under construction, including a premium obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Shanghai, a premium obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Changzhou, Jiangsu province and a premium gynecology and pediatrics hospital in Wuxi, Jiangsu province; and (ii) in the first half of 2017, the company has expedited the development of medical examination business with two medical examination centers commencing operation and 16 new medical examination centers in preparation. The company expects the two specialty hospitals in Shanghai and Changzhou to commence operation in the fourth quarter of 2017 and the specialty hospital in Wuxi to commence operation in 2018.